What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle; Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile : In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown; The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. Hymns of the Church New and Old - Seite 242herausgegeben von - 1912 - 684 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
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| Jeffrey Richards - 2001 - 552 Seiten
...many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's...heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. Can we whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Can we to men benighted The lamp of life deny?... | |
| Gerald Weissmann - 2002 - 312 Seiten
...blight"'J with the old self -righteousness of the Cross, as in Reginald Heber's Hymn to a March: What tho' the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle; Though...heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. HEBER( 1783- 1826) Another, somewhat less flattering pairing sprang to mind. Ms. Ehrenreich explained... | |
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| John Edward Bruce - 2002 - 188 Seiten
...lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown; The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. Can we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Can we to men benighted The lamp of life deny;1 Salvation! 0 salvation! The joyful sound proclaim, Till each remotest nation Has learned Messiah's... | |
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